Thank you notes

By the Midland Daily News

Published 6:30 am, Saturday, June 25, 2016

Successful sale

To the editor:

The Friends of the Grace A. Dow Memorial Library have been selling used books and materials for the past 43 years (1973-2016). The sale profits go to support programs, activities and to purchase equipment for the Grace A. Dow Memorial Library. Thank you Midland and the surrounding communities for your continued support during our recent used book sale June 3-5.

A successful sale does not happen without many volunteers. A big thank you to the following groups for their generous gift of many volunteer hours: Friends’ board members; Friends’ book sorters; the local high school and college students who store boxed books and help with set up and clean up; the Friends’ members who assist in many phases of the sale and the Friends’ office administrator, Jodie Gardner, for all the extra hours and last minute requests.

The Friends are also appreciative of the support of the Grace A. Dow Memorial Library staff, maintenance personnel and Director Mellissa Barnard. A special thank you to Domino’s Pizza for their pizza donation on our Wednesday set up night.

Volunteers have kept the Friends’ organization functional for over 40 years — without them our book sales wouldn’t continue. Consider joining the Friends of the Grace A. Dow Memorial Library and volunteering at a future sale. Membership information is available on the library website: www.midlandmi.org/gracedowlibrary.

Didn’t get to the sale? You may purchase books and materials at the Friends’ ongoing used book sale at the Grace A. Dow Library near the former Cup and Chaucer on the main level. The Friends offer used books, magazines and media at “friendly” prices. These materials are available for purchase during regular library hours.

Mark your calendar for our next used book sale on Oct. 13, 14 and 15. Donations of gently used books, magazines and media materials are always welcome and may be donated to the Friends by dropping them off anytime throughout the year at the library reference area or in the blue “donation” bin located in the employee parking area off Eastman Avenue.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank Paul Milholland and his fantastic staff for allowing us to get married on Saturday, June 25, at Currie Golf Course. We are getting married on the third hole tee box on the West Course. Paul and his staff have been so courteous to us for this special day.

We can’t thank them enough. He has blocked off some tee times so we are not interrupted. We thank those potential golfers who may have to wait. Again, we thank the entire staff at Currie Golf Course, especially Paul, for allowing us to have this ceremony on the course. It is much appreciated!

KEITH AND SANDY EVERETT

Midland

Seraphs indeed

To the editor:

On the return from a solo ride along the Pere-Marquette Rail-Trail the other day, my rear tire went flat. I was miles from home and without my cellphone.

As I pushed my bike near Dublin Avenue, I saw a county parks employee riding his bicycle and asked if he would call some Sanford friends for me. He agreed and I went to wait at a Senior Services picnic table.

Soon, Jeffery and Melissa Zawisza pedaled their tandem bicycle near me; they were headed home. The Zawiszas spied my quandary and offered to repair my tire on the spot. I was speechless. A lucky morning indeed meeting these modest people.

Jeffery mended the flat; he had a bicycle tool kit and what appeared to be a traveling repair shop in the rear of his automobile. Jeff was wearing a Michigan Tech shirt; he was prepared. Where did these two merry bicycle angels descend from?

They refused my offers to reimburse them by telling me to “Pay it forward,” and urged me to do something for someone else, when I had the chance.

Melissa said that they were members of a local club called Tri-City Cyclists and that they donate their time to a Midland nonprofit called Recycle-A-Bicycle. Seraphs indeed.

Thank you to the county employee for calling my friends, to the Zawiszas for everything they did to help me and to my Sanford posse for getting this old woman and my old-school bike home. God bless these wonderful people.